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NASA planning to build an elevator to space
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... said Ted Semon of the Spaceward Foundation which runs the competition. The basic mechanics of the situation involved attaching a 22,000-metre long cable from a space station to the earth's surface, which is held in place by inertia and is strong enough to build a climbing structure around. The only snag at the moment is that no material exists that is strong enough to build the metal cable, and rest assured, you wouldn't want that thing snapping half way up. Link: NASA (via CNN )
NASA planning to build an elevator to space
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... basic mechanics of the situation involve attaching a 22,000-metre long cable from a space station to the earth's surface, which is held in place by inertia and is strong enough to build a climbing structure around.
The only snag at the moment is that no material exists that is strong enough to build the metal cable, and rest assured, you wouldn't want that thing snapping half way up.
Link: NASA (via CNN)
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